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Chapter Seventy-Two
“He can be… challenging.”
She laughed. “He has reasons for being so hard on the exterior. Give him a chance to warm up, and I promise he’ll be worth making the relationship.”“Portia, I don’t know what you might be thinking, but Mack and I, we only have a professional relationship.” In desperation, I held up my phone, thankful I changed my settings so only a name would appear when I got a text, and not the actual message. “Like now, he’s probably working, and I’m going to ignore him, because it’s the holiday weekend.”She flipped her hair to the side, resting her elbow on the table and setting her chin on her fist. “It’s smart to be able to shut off the working mind, but I have an inkling you’re interested in what’s so important for him to send you multiple text messages.”I shrugged then grinned. “Maybe I am, but I’m not going to answer,Related chapters
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MackBy the third inning, I’d responded to Kelsey.Fireworks in Mexico, I must confess I’ve never witnessed, so I have no way of comparing them.She didn’t reply, and I assumed it was because I skirted around an apology, or she was in the lake.By the fifth inning, she still hadn’t replied, and the Guardians were up by two runs. I reached out again.We could easily make our own, and I promise they’ll be three times as good as American fireworks.I must have peered down at my phone at least fifty times the next two innings. Cody was too busy flirting with the poor woman who was hiking the stairs to sell popcorn to notice I was only half paying attention to the game. He was also six beers in, proving himself unable to drive.She finally responded in the top of the last inning.Gary’s fireworks will have to do.I frowned, my shoulders sagging. She really didn’t want to go away wit
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“Alright, surprise me,” I smiled and headed to the porch, taking a seat on the lounge furniture. The view of the lake was spectacular with the sun setting, hardly any boats traveled the waters, which was the nicest part about the lake. Chewing on the bottom of my lip, I recalled fifteen years ago when the lake had been unusually full of boaters. Swallowing, I dipped my head down, unable to look out at the water. I shouldn’t have been so affected looking out at the lake where I lost my father, not when so much time had passed. I leaned forward, my hand finding my chest while I breathed deeply.Coming here was a terrible idea. My anxiety was linked to this lake and the timeframe.The sliding door caught my attention, and I leaned back in the chair. “Here you go,” Portia handed me a glass with an orange peel in the amber liquid on ice. “Now, tell me what’s new?”Thankful for her distraction, I found my breath again an
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Her head jerked in my direction, her cute jaw clenching. “I did, thanks for asking,” she said in a harsh whisper, grabbing a wine glass and yanking the bottle from my hand. She poured a heaping glass, and I eyed her.“What?” she snipped, shoving the glass to my chest.I shrugged, doing my best to appear nonchalant. My lack of interest got under her skin, and I used it like a weapon to rile her up for no reason, just as seeing her with Cam drove me wild. She was good at playing the game, too.“I thought you’d be on a plane to Mexico by now,” she muttered, taking a sip of the wine, her eyes bouncing between the sliding door and the hallway where Cody and Mindy had disappeared to.“It’s not any fun when you’re by yourself.”“And you thought you’d have more fun here? When you practically kicked me out of your house then ignored me the rest of the week?”“I texted
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He grabbed my chair before I could stand, pulling it closer to him. “No, it’s not you, it’s…” he whispered harshly, his jaw ticking as his eyes found mine. “Can we not talk about it now?” He begged, his eyes storming over.He sat up straighter, his hand still on my chair.“Okay,” I said softly.He relaxed slightly in his chair, his eyes still on the lookout for Gary and Portia to come back. His chest rose more intently while his jaw ticked. If it weren’t me, then what had him so high strung?Eyeing his hand that was still grasping the armrest of my chair, I bravely covered his hand with mine, and to my surprise, he laced our fingers together, giving my hand a squeeze. His shoulders relaxed, and his eyelids closed. Still confused with what was bothering him, the small contact eased my unsettled stomach. Whatever he was upset about was bigger than me.Gary and Portia were heading back out, and
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Taking a deep inhale, I trekked through the grass and up the steps to the deck, following Gary through the slider and into the kitchen.All the food from the previous day had been tossed out, the counters cleaned of clutter and ready to be filled with a new batch of appetizers and entrees for Gary’s party.Tonight will be different than the work party Gary held yesterday. Some of our bigger clients and fellow partners. Even Gary’s lawyer would make an appearance. I’d shoot my mother a text, just to make sure she still had plans with someone else. I didn’t need her to surprise me and show up in the backyard. She’d notice my attraction toward Kelsey immediately.Gary poured black coffee into a mug. “Want to join me on the porch?”“Sure, thanks,” I said, following him out onto the deck. We both sat in the loungers, the lake out in front of us.“Can’t beat this view,” he sighed, taking
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I succumbed, tugging at his navy polo with the Guardian’s emblem on the chest pocket, letting my hands run along his muscled chest. He pulled it from his head, then did the same to my sweatshirt and tank top, leaving me bare to him. He hummed when our warm skin touched, his hands palming along my shoulders down to my lower back. His touch felt amazing, and I hadn’t realized how much I’d ached for it ever since he’d given me the cold shoulder.“You still taking your pill?” he breathed into the dark room.My voice was raspy with need. “Yes.”“Good,” he murmured, pulling down my sweatpants and underwear, then lifted me so my back was on the bed. Removing his own shorts and boxers, he crawled on top of me, wedging between my thighs. He let his weight rest on me, his arms caging me to his chest while he kissed me passionately.Tonight was different than the other times. He was needy and intimate o
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“Kelsey, don’t forget Mr. Craft takes his coffee black.”I offered a pleasant nod toward the intern who’s been here for only six weeks. She threw a wink and tossed her pin straight blonde hair my way, then swayed her nearly six-foot perfect frame toward the conference room.My smile quickly flipped to a frown, holding in my eye roll to the best of my ability. I had been in this reception chair for almost two years, way longer than I’d planned. Knowing how my thick-head of a boss takes his coffee was a given.Another few interns my age pranced after her, their clothing precise and professional to fit their well-kept bodies. My brand new shift dress didn’t quite have the same effect when walking past any warm blooded males like theirs did. Maybe I was stuck behind the reception desk because my confidence wasn’t like theirs, or because Mr. Craft had a particular eye for his interns.Who all happened to be tall, thin, and beautiful.I was lucky to be chosen for the program at the most su
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“That was terrible. Thank God no one else saw.”She held in her giggle. “I would have helped you before I started laughing.”“At least you would have responded. Mr. Craft barely noticed me sprawled out on the floor, let alone offered to help.”“Hence, he’s an asshole. He even glared at Gary when he didn’t call him by his last name. I don’t know how they became business partners.”I’d made that mistake before. Talk about if looks could kill. I was only complimenting him on his marketing strategy. Now, I leave my opinions to myself unless he asks for them. Which was rare, and hardly ever taken seriously.She snickered before she spoke. “Although, if I were in a power house marketing position, I probably wouldn’t like to be called Mackenzie either.”“Well, the one time I called him by his first name, I said Mack. Maybe he got so pissed off because I didn’t use the full version.”“I think Mack is a pretty masculine name,” Timothy offered. He wasn’t one to gossip or talk negatively about a
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